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  1. AGOSTINI M.G. The Greyhound In Australia. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1969 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.136. pedigrees, and race records. Fine.    Price: $50.00
  2. AGRICULTURE Dept. Of Vic. Bee-Keeping In Victoria. illus. with many plates, dgms. t/out. pub. Vic. Govt. Printer 1946 or. crm./green illus. wps. roy.8vo. pp.168. Crease, sl. faded to extremities else very good condition.    Price: $40.00
     
  3. AGRICULTURE Dept. Of Vic. Bee-Keeping In Victoria. illus. with many plates, dgms. t/out. pub. Vic. Govt. Printer 1964 or. crm. illus. wps. roy.8vo. pp.194. Very good condition.    Price: $35.00
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  4. ALLAN JOYCE Australian Shells. With related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. illus. with  44 full page plates t/out. of which 12 are col. text dwgs.  by author, pub. Melb. Georgian House 1950 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. cr.4to. pp.XX.470. sl. chipped d/w. almost fine copy.   Price: $95.00
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  5. ARCHER MICHAEL Dr. Steven Cork, Suzanne J. Hand and others, Ed. by Leonard Cronin. Koala Australia's Endearing Marsupial. illus. with plates, maps, diagrams; pub. Sydney, Reed Books 1987 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.136.     Price: $40.00
     
  6. AUSTRALIAN  Animal And Birds. profusely illus. with  plates t/out. mostly full page pub. Syd. John Fairfax & Co.  (Syd. Morning Herald  Publication)  nd.193-?  or.  b/w.  &  grn. illus.wps. 8vo.obl. pp.32. fine.      Price: $25.00
     
  7. BADCOCK Lt. Col. G.H.  Disobedient Dogs And Other Matters.  illus. with frontis. and 11 full page plates t/out. pub. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1933, or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222 Dog handler's guide with foreword by Lady Kitty Ritson. Chipped and torn d/w. else fine.     Price: $45.00
     
  8. BARR  DONALD Rambler's Harvest. A Miscellany  for  Nature Lovers.  An  anthology  of prose and  verse  for  the  bush wanderer  and Nature Lover. illus. with several line  dwgs. t/pout.  some full page pub. Melb. Georgian House 1944  or. stiff card d/w. 12mo. pp.112. fine.      Price: $20.00
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  9. BANKS NOEL J. Compiled By. The Australian And New Zealand Greyhound Studbook. illus. with several text plates  t/out. pub. Melb. 1976 Volome 25 or.dk.grn.cl. roy.8vo.  glt.  to spine &  f/bd. pp.1020. some notes to f. &  rear  e/papers otherwise fine.    Price: $75.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
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  10. BARKER H.M. Camels And The Outback. With a preface by Geoffrey Blainey. illus. with frontis.  & 11  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Pitman &  Sons  1964 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.226. Author was a camel driver in Western Australia from 1911 to 1929.  d/w.  little chipped/worn mainly top & bottom of spine, else very good.   Price: $45.00
     
  11. BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature Pictures. illus. with frontis.  &  22 full page photo plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Alexander McCubbin 1922 or.wps. 4to. pp.60. good copy.      Price: $55.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  12. BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature Pictures. illus. with tipped -in frontis.  &  32 full page tipped-in photo plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Alexander McCubbin nd. ab. 1920 or.wps. 4to. pp.74. very fine copy. Limited to 500 copies.       Price: $85.00
     
  13. BARRETT  CHARLES The  Weekly  Times  Wild  Nature  Book. Melbourne Centenary Souvenir. illus. with 80 full page col. plates of Australian birds and animals pub.  Melb.  Weekly Times 1934 or.grn.illus.cl. 4to.obl. pp.166 little spotty.       Price: $55.00
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  14. BARRETT CHARLES The Weekly Times. Wild Nature Book. illus. with 34 full page plates, and 22 photo plates of Australian Animals  & Birds. pub. Melb. 1931 or.col.  illus.wps.  8vo. pp.96. hinges loose otherwise fine.      Price: $40.00
     
  15. BARRETT CHARLES? No author noted. Similar to above. The Weekly Times. Wild Nature Book.  illus. with 85 coloured prints of birds and animals. 45 native; 90 supplements from the 'Wild Nature Series', pub. Melbourne The Weekly Times, 1932 – 1934; two holes punched at pine and held stiff grey card folder 4to. pp.90. (single sided).  Very good copy. Price: $50.00
     
  16. BARRETT  CHARLES   Australian Nature Wonders.  illus.  with frontis. & 15 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Robertson & Mullens 1944 or.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.60. sl. tear to  pp.31 otherwise fine.      Price: $25.00
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  17. BARRETT  CHARLES Rambles  Round  The  Zoo.  illus.  with frontis.  &  43 plates pub. Melb. Whitcombe  &  Tombs  1923 1st ed. or. moss green cl. cr.8vo. pp.124. Barrett's rambles are focussed on the Melbourne Zoo. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  18. BARRETT  CHARLES Koala. The Story of  Australia's  Native Bear. illus.  with frontis. & 14 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1937 1st.ed. or. crm. illus. stiff wps. cr.8vo. pp.32. tape mark to rear wp.  otherwise       Price: $35.00
     
  19. BARRETT  CHARLES Australia's Coral Realm. Wonders of  Sea, Reef, and Shore. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Robertson  &  Mullens  1943   or.crm. illus.wps. pp.48. fine.       Price: $25.00
     
  20. BARRETT CHARLES Australian Wildlife illus. with col. frontis. 6 full page plates, & 24 b/w. pub. Melbourne Georgian House, 1943 1st. ed. or. boards green cloth to spine 4to. pp.116. Very good copy.  Price: $30.00
     
  21. BARRETT  CHARLES An Australian Animal Book.  illus.  with frontis.  &  64 full page plates t/out. pub.  Melb.  Oxford Uni. Press 1943 1st. ed. or. beige cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.326. With chapters on Tasmanian Devil and Marsupial Tiger, Possums, Koala, Wombats, Bandicoots, Dingos, birds, Black Swan, Kangaroos and Wallabies, etc; V/ good in  the chipped d/w.   Price: $35.00
     
  22. BARRETT  CHARLES An Australian Animal Book.  illus.  with frontis.  &  64 full page plates t/out. pub.  Melb.  Oxford Uni. Press 1955 revised edition or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.326. With chapters on Tasmanian Devil and Marsupial Tiger, Possums, Koala, Wombats, Bandicoots, Dingos, birds, Black Swan, Kangaroos and Wallabies, etc; fine  in  the chipped d/w.   Price: $35.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  23. BARRETT  CHARLES Australia's  Wonder  Animals.  profusely illus.  with  plates t/out. 5 full page  pub.  Melb. (Sun Nature  Book No.6)  The  Sun  News   Pictorial   nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.42. fine.      Price: $25.00
     
  24. BARRETT  CHARLES Gems  Of The  Bush.  Featuring Orchids, birds'  Eggs,  etc. profusely illus. with plates  t/out.  5 full  page pub. Melb. (Sun Nature Book No.5) The Sun  News Pictorial nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.42. fine.       Price: $25.00
     
  25. BARRETT  CHARLES The Sun Zoo Book. profusely  illus.  with plates  t/out. 4 full page & col. pub. Melb.  (Sun  Nature Book No.9) nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.44. Almost fine.      Price: $25.00
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  26. BARRETT  CHARLES The World's Wonder Animal. The Platypus. illus. with black-and-white photographic frontispiece of ' Splash ' on his fourth birthday in captivity, 15 full page plates t/out. Photographic front cover, showing a platypus, pub. Robertson  & Mullens 1944 1st.ed. or.blk. & red wrappers  12mo. pp.64. Slightly browned with age, light edgewear, else very good.   Price: $25.00
     
  27. BARRETT  CHARLES & A.N. Burns Butterflies  Of  Australia And New Guinea. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. &  10 text fig. pub. Melb. N.H. Seward 1951 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.X.188.  Concerning the haunts, habits, migration of butterflies, mimicry and the association of certain species with ants. Australian Rhopalocera and the splendid butterflies of Papua New Guinea. fine in the chipped d/w. with some loss at spine   Price: $40.00
     
  28. BEAUMARIS  Tree  Preservation Society. Native  Plants  and Seaside  Gardens. Local Lore, Birds and  Wildflowers.  pub. Melb. 1954 or.grn.wps. 8vo. pp.10.      Price: $10.00
     
  29. BLUNT WILFRID The Complete Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. of which 32  are  full page  & col. pub. Lond. Collins 1971 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.256.    Price: $55.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  30. BENNETT  ISOBEL The Fringe Of The Sea. illus.  with  179 photo plates  by F.G. Myers pub. Adel. Rigby  1974  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.262. Bennett describes the animals of the seashore and how they live. Includes Australian marine life, and a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef.   Price: $35.00
     
  31. BOOTH EVELYN M.   All About The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel   illus. with b/w. photographs, index, pub. London, Pelham Books, 1984, or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.174 . Fine copy.     Price: $45.00
     

  32. BRAZENOR  C.W. The Mammals Of Victoria. And  the  Dental Characteristics  of Monotremes and  Australian  Marsupials. illus. with col. frontis. & numerous dwgs. t/out. pub. 1950 Melb. National Museum Of Vic. Aust. Handbook No.1.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.126. child's colouring in (one dwg.)     Price: $30.00
     

  33. BREWSTER MABEL N. & Agnes A. Brewster, Naomi Crouch,  Life Stories Of Australian Insects illus. with coloured frontis. drawings and diagrams, index; pub. Sydney Dymocks 1946 Revised edition or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.VIII.332. A comprehensive guide for beginning students of entomology. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $30.00
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  34. BURRELL  HARRY The Platypus. Its Discovery, Zoological Position, Form And Characteristics, Habits, Life History, Etc. illus. with  colour frontis, 35 b/w plates, 3 text figs, index;   pub.  Sydney Angus & Robertson. 1927 1st. ed. or.cl. gilt titles to spine;   8vo. pp.226. Slight foxing to page edges & e/papers, else near fine in deep maroon cloth.   Price: $90.00
     
  35. BURRELL  HARRY The Platypus. illus. with  4 full page colour plates, 36 b/w. plates, bibliography, index;   pub.  Adel. Rigby  1974  first published in 1927. or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.226. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  36. BUSTARD  ROBERT Australian Sea  Turtles.  Their Natural History and Conservation. with e/paper maps & 22 full  page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1972 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.220.     Price: $35.00
     
  37. CAMERON HECTOR CHARLES Sir Joseph Banks illus. with 10 b/w illus. pub. Sydney. 1966. Angus & Robertson. Reprint of the 1952 original. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.342. The chapter are: The Voyager; The Botanist; A Yorkshire Excursion & The Return Of The Resolution; The President Of The Royal Society; The Founding Of Australia; The King's Sheep; The Protector Of Science; The Revolution In Iceland; The Board Of Longitude; His Detractors; Life At Home; The Fragments Of A Colossus. Joseph Banks on his return from the voyage of the Endeavour with Cook. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  38. CAYLEY NEVILLE W. Col. Drawings & text by Ronald Strahan. What Mammal Is That? illus. with over 250 species in col. pub. Syd. Cornstalk Pub. 1995 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XXXIV.270. Fine.    Price: $50.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  39. CAYLEY NEVILLE W. Furred Animals Of Australia. illus. with 25  full  page  plates t/out. in col. by Neville Cayley;  pub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1954 fifth revised edition or. dk.grn.cl. roy.8vo. pp.XXXII.376.  Boards lightly flecked, very good copy.   Price: $30.00
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  40. CHISHOLM ALEC H. Nature Fantasy In Australia. illus.  with col.  plate, a regional map and 80 photo plates  from  life pub.  Lond. J.M. Dent 1932 1st.ed. or.glt.tld. to cl.  8vo. pp.XIV.196. sl. spotty & lacking rear e/paper.      Price: $45.00
     
  41. CERNOHORSKY WALTER O. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells illus. with 192 plates mostly full page & one col. appendices and index. pub. Sydney Pacific Publications, 1978 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.352. Dustwrapper little chipped topof spine, lacking piece, otherwise very good.   Price: $50.00
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  42. CHISHOLM A.C. The Joy Of The Earth. Autobiography. illus. with 3 full page plates t/out. index, index to birds; pub. Syd. Collins 1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.368. Alec Chisholm's own story of life as a child and young man in the Victorian country town of Maryborough from the late 1890's. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  43. CLARKE  H.  EDWARDS The Modern  Greyhound.  illus.  with frontis.   &  22  full  page  plates  t/out.   pub.   Lond. Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes 1947 or.grn.cl. 4to.  pp.222.  sl.  worn  cloth,  spine  lettering   worn, difficult to read otherwise good.     Price: $65.00
     
  44. CLYNE DENSEY    A Guide To Australian Spiders. Their Collection and Identification. profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly col. text drawings; pub. Melbourne & Sydney, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd, 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.VII.168. Fine. Detailed guide and reference dealing with Australian spiders, with instructions on collecting, identifying, and establishing a scientifically valid collection.    Price: $35.00
     
  45. CLYNE DENSEY The Garden Jungle  illus. with colour photos, black & white sketches. pub. Sydney Collins 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.184 . The naturalist takes a guided tour of the rich tapestry of miniature wildlife in her own backyard. Fine condition.   Price: $40.00
     
  46. COLEMAN  NEVILLE Shell Collecting In  Australia.  illus. with e/paper  maps & profusely illus.  with  photo  plates t/out.  some col. pub. Syd. Reed 1976 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.176.    Price: $45.00
     
  47. COMMON I.F.B. & D. F. Waterhouse. Butterflies Of Australia. illus. with 49 full-page plates, some col., 25 line drawings and 2 maps. pub. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1981 (Australian Natural Science Library series) or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.682. Provides a ready means of identifying most species, a reliable nomenclature and accurate information on distribution, life history and food plants. Includes authoritative sections on structure, biology, physiology and behaviour, and notes on collection and study. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  48. COMMON I.F.B.  Moths Of Australia. illus. with 55 full page b/w.  plates  & 32 full page col. plates, text  dwgs.  pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1990 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.536. The only comprehensive book to cover the enormous diversity of Australian moths. More than 1000 of the 10,000 named species are illustrated and there are detailed descriptions and figures of egg, larvae, pupae and adult. All aspects of moth biology are discussed including life history, population control, economic significance, evolution, distribution, food plants, larval hosts and collecting. v/fine.      Price: $150.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  49. COMMONWEALTH    Scientific    And    Industrial    Research Organization. The Insects Of Australia. A  Textbook  for Students and Research Workers. illus. with  plates,  dwgs. t/out.  9  full page & col. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1973  or.cl.  d/w. 4to.  pp.XIV.1030. & Supplement pp.VIII.146. 2  vols.  fine set in sl. rubbed and chipped d/w's.      Price: $150.00
     
  50. CONDER PAMELA   With Wings On Their Fingers An Intimate View of the Flyong Foxwith 16 col. illus. .& 38 drawings by author, numerous appendices and bibliography; pub. Sydney. Angus & Robertson. 1994 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VIII,168 Fine. Account of author's study of the social structure of these large fruit eating bats commonly called Flying-foxes.    Price: $40.00
     
  51. COOKE TONY Exhibition And Pet Mice. illus. with 8 colour & b/w. plates pub. Surrey Spur Publications 1977 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp..XII,164. Notes hand written in rear free e/paper else fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  52. CORBETT  DAVID Yorke Peninsula. A Natural History.  illus. with  54 b/w. photographs, 42 drawings and figures, corrigenda pub. Adel. Dept. of  Adult Education  The Uni. of Adel. 1973  or.illus.wps.  pp.X.212. Natural history of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia - geology, vegetation, invertebrate animals of the seashores, terrestrial molluscs, frogs, reptiles, birds, mammals, history of settlement and development. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  53. COTTON  BERNARD C. South Australian Shells. illus. with  6 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Adel. S.A. Museum  1946  or. grey wps. 4to. pp.14. Price: $20.00
     
  54. CRONIN  LEONARD Ed. by. Dr. Archer Michael,  Stephen Cork, Suzanne  hand, Stephen Phillips and Malcolm  Smith. Koala Australia's Endearing Marsupial. illus. with col.  frontis. & profusely illus. with col. plates & maps,  dgms.  t/out. some  full page, pub. Syd. Reed 1987 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.136.    Price: $30.00
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  55. CURREY J.E.B. Edited by. Reflections On The Colony Of New South Wales. By George Caley. Explorer and Natural History Collector for Sir Joseph Banks. Ed. By J.b. Currey. illus. with facsimile geographic chart with handwritten notes on end-papers, maps, line drawings, appendices, bibliography, index; pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1966 1st.ed. or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. XVI.240. Fine.    Price: $45.00
     
  56. D'ABRERA  BERNARD Butterflies Of The  Australian  Region. illus.  with three maps and over 3,000 coloured photographs, pub.  Melb. Lansdowne 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. super roy.4to.  pp.416. Important, work on the butterflies of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and surrounding islands. The work includes the description and illustration of several new species level taxa. Very good in the torn & chipped d/w. (lacks piece at rear).  Price: $200.00
     
  57. D'ABRERA BERNARD Butterflies Of The Oriental Region. Part II. Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae (Butterflies of the World) profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page  & col.  pub. Melb. Hill House  1985  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. roy.4to.  pp. VIII.248-534. Fine.   Price: $325.00
     
  58. D'ABRERA BERNARD Butterflies Of The Oriental Region. Part III. Lycaenidae, Riodimidae. (Butterflies of the World) profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page  & col.  pub. Melb. Hill House  1986  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. roy.4to.  pp.XVI.535-672. Little browned to top of  pages,  else fine.   Price: $300.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  59. DAKIN W.J. Great Barrier Reef illus. with numerous black and white photographs; indexed with maps; pub. Melbourne Australian National Publicity Association, 1950 1st. ed. or. boards d/w. 8vo. pp.134. Torn and frayed d/w. else very good copy.   Price: $25.00
     
  60. DAKIN W.J. Australian Seashores. A guide for  the  beach-lover, the  naturalist,  the  shore  fisherman,  and   the student. illus. with frontis. & 99 full page plates  t/out. some col. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1956 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.372. Tides and gravity, and explores the marine inhabitants of the coastline. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $35.00
     
  61. DALZIEL HUGH   The Greyhound; Its History, Points, Breeding, Rearing, Training and Running illus. with chromolithograph colour frontispiece. pub. London: L Upcott Gill, 18871st.ed. From the Monographs on British Dogs Series. orig. dark green cl, black and gilt stamped picture boards 8vo. pp.VIII.88. 8 advts. Fine copy.     Price: $150.00
     
  62. DANGEROUS Snakes of the South-West Pacific Area – The. illus. with diagrams/drawings. Includes chart showing the distribution of groups of dangerous land snakes of the South-West Pacific region. Shows fangs & bite marks. pub. Melbourne General Orders, Australian Army, 1943 printed at Vic. Railways Printing Works. or. stapled, beige, card wrappers, 8vo. pp.44. Last two pages blank. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  63. DARWIN CHARLES On The Structure And Distribution Of Coral Reefs. Also, geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. illus. with portrait, maps, some folding, plates and numerous illustrations; pub. London, Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. c.1900 original decorated red cloth 8vo. pp.XVI.560.6. fine copy.      Price: $95.00
     
  64. DENLINGER MILO G.  The Complete Pekingese. illus. with text plates t/out. genealogy chart. pub. Denlinger. Maryland 1949 or. purple cl. gilt. Acetate d/w. roy.8vo. pp.132. A history of the breed, outline of the points of the well-bred dog, grooming, etc. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  65. DENLINGER, MILO G.  The Complete Dachshund. illus. with drawings by Edwin Megargee, and text plates t/out. pub. Denlinger. Richmond VA. 1954 3rd ed. or.cl. gilt. roy.8vo. pp.144,4 with list of champions. Very good copy.     Price: $40.00
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  66. DAVEY KEITH  Our Arid Environment Animals of Australia's Desert Regions profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. over 60 detailed line drawings, biblio & index; pub. Sydney Reed Pty Ltd. 1983 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. Extra: two col. bird plates loosely inserted, Examines how the arid-zone animals have adapted to their surroundings.   Price: $35.00
     
  67. DEWAR DOUGLAS and Frank Finn The Making Of The Species with 14 plates, black and white illustrations pub. London: Lane/The Bodley Head, 1909 or. red cl. glt. to spine and front bd. 8vo pp.XIX.400,16 advts. Contains some information on birds and other game fowl. Slightly faded to spine else very good copy.   Price: $70.00
     
  68. DOBROTWORSKY N.V. The Mosquitoes Of Victoria. illus.  with e/paper  maps, 3 plates and numerous text figures, appendix, references, systematic list of mosquito species, index; pub. Melb.  M.U.P. 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.238. Near fine copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  69. DOMM STEVEN   Corals Of The Great Barrier Reef profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Sydney Ure Smith 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128. Under-water photographs of corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, supported with authoritative text on coral classifications, biology, and coral reef ecology. Fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  70. EADIE ROBERT The Platypus Its Life  And  Habits. With sidelights  on  `Splash'  the  tame  platypus.  Australia's Amazing Animal. illus. with frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Stillwell & Stephens 1935 1st.ed.  or. cream & sepia tinted pict. boards d/w. cr.4to. pp.78. Near fine in dustwrapper.   Price: $150.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  71. EDWARDS  HUGH  Crocodile Attack  In  Australia.  profusely illus.  with  plates t/out. many col. pub. Syd.  Swan  Pub. 1988  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. Removed sticker mark to front free e/paper else fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  72. EDWARDS  HUGH Crocodile Attack .  Dramatic true  stories  of fatal and  near-fatal  encounters  between   humans   and crocodiles. Foreword by Paul Hogan illus. with 16 full page plates  t/out. pub. N.Y. Harper & Row 1989  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.240. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  73. EMMEL THOMAS  C. Butterflies. Their  World,  Their  Life Cycle,  Their  Behavior.  illus. with 120  full  page  col. plates  t/out.  pub.  Lond. Thames &  Hudson  1976  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.160. Text, Thomas C. Emmel; Consulting Editor, Edward S. Ross; Photos. By Edward S. Ross; Drawings By Walter Hortens. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
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  74. ELLIS ROSS, Bungonia Caves. Lindsay Hawkins, Robert Hawkins, Julia James, Gregory Middleton, Benjamin Nurse, Gleniss Wellings. Editorial committee. illus. with many plates, maps t/out. pub. Syd. The Sydney Speleological Society 1972 1st ed. or. black & orange bds. cr.4to. pp.XII.230 map in pocket at rear.   Price: $45.00
     
  75. FINNEY C.M. To Sail Beyond The Sunset. Natural History in Australia 1699-1829. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Adel. Rigby 1984 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.206. very fine copy.     Price: $50.00
     
  76. FLANNERY Australia's Vanishing Mammals.  Endangered and  Extinct  Native Species. profusely  illus.  with  col. plates  t/out.  some  full page bibliog and index. pub. Syd.  RD  Press  1990 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.192. The beauty and characteristics of 10 extinct and 20 endangered mammals are shared here. Each mammal is looked at separately, with informative text describing its appearance. Crease across corner of d/w. else fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  77. FLANNERY  TIMOTHY  Mammals  Of New Guinea.  profusely illus. with plates t/out. many col.  with location  text  maps pub. Sydney Reed 1995 Revised ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.IV.568. Introductory chapters present the geological history of New Guinea, zoogeography, climate and vegetation. Recent discoveries have contributed to a greater understanding of many species particularly the larger marsupials; this edition covers an additional 24 species. Fine copy.   Price: $195.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  78. FLANNERY TIM Paula Kendall Karen Wynn Moylan   Australia's Vanishing Mammals: Endangered and Extinct Native Species. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, all col. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. very fine copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  79. FLEAY DAVID We Breed The Platypus. illus. with frontis.  & 15  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson &  Mullens 1944 or.brn.illus.wps. cr.8vo. pp.46.     Price: $30.00
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  80. FLEAY DAVID Living With Animals. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1961 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp. pp.64. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $25.00
     
  81. FRANKEL  EDGAR Bibliography Of The  Great  Barrier  Reef Province. illus. with 1 full-page map; appendices, index;  pub. Canberra Aust. Govt. Pub. Service 1978  or. white and blu. illus. bds. cr.4to. pp.204. Near fine copy.   Price: $45.00
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  82. FRENCH C. A Handbook of The Destructive Insects Of Victoria. Illus. with chromolitho. col. plates, several b/w. and a few text figures pub. Melb. Govt. Printer or.cl. five vols. 1904, 1893,1900, 1909, 1911 8vo. pp. approx. 225 per vol. Spines faded, occasional early library stamp, clean inside, a v/good set.     Price: $250.00  
     
  83. GABRIEL  C.G. Victorian  Sea  Shells.  A  Handbook   for collectors  and  Students. illus. with 6 full  page  plates t/out. one col. text plates & dwgs. pub. Field Naturalists' Club of Vic. 1936 or.lt.brnm. & grn. illus.wps. 8vo. pp.68. small hole at spine.      Price: $40.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  84. GILLIES WILLIAM M.A & Hall Robert C.M.Z.S., F.L.S Nature Studies In Australia illus. with plates, drawings, col. frontis. pub. Melbourne Whitcombe & Tombs Limited undated ca. 1910 revised ed. or. moss green cl. 12mo pp.XVI.308. Very good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  85. GOULD J. Gould's Mammals. Selections from John Gould's Mammals of Australia. With modern commentaries by J.M.Dixon. illus. with 60 full-page col. plates. pub. London Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1978 Folio or.cl. d/w. pp.144. Light edgewear, else fine.   Price: $65.00
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  86. GOULD JOHN Australian Marsupials And  Monotremes. With commentaries by Joan M. Dixon.  illus. with  60 full page col. plates t/out. reproduced from  the 1863 ed. of The Mammals of Australia pub. N.Y. Doubleday  & Co. 1975 or. black .cl. gilt lettering to front board & spine, folio pp.142 & card slip-case. Fine.   Price: $75.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  87. GOW G. Graeme Gow's Complete Guide to  Australian Snakes profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page all col. location maps, short description; pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1989 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. oblong pp.172. Fine.   Price: $65.00
     
  88. GRIGG GORDEN  Richard  Shine  and  Harry  Ehmann  Ed.  by. Biology  Of  Australasian Frogs And Reptiles.  illus.  with maps, dgms.  plates,  some col. & full  page  pub.  N.S.W. Surrey  Beatty & Son in assoc. with The  Royal  Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1985 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XVI.528.    Price: $150.00  
     
  89. GOODACRE W.A.   Bees And Honey  illus. with text plates, drawings, diagrams, pub. Sydney New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1966 4th. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.140 Fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  90. GUGGISBERG  C.A.W. Crocodiles.  Their Natural  History, Folklore  and Conservation. profusely illus.  with  plates, several  maps  t/out.  pub. Melb. Wren  Pub.  1972  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.204. Lacks piece to rear of d/w. else v/good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  91. HALE HERBERT M. The Crustaceans Of South Australia Part I and II with b/w photos and illustrations pub. Adelaide Government Printer 1927, 1929 or. grey card wrappers, 8vo. two vols. pp.200-380. Ex private school library browned to spines else v/good.    Price: $75.00
     
  92. HALL  PATRICIA The Rottweiler In Australia. The  first  20 years 1962-1982. illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some  full page, np. by  author nd.1982? or.yell.  &  blk.bds.  8vo. pp.184.    Price: $50.00
     
  93. HAMILTON-WILKES MONTY - Dogs In Australia. How to buy, breed, train and care for them. illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1963 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp. X.276.     Price: $35.00
     
  94. HARRIS-CHING  RAYMOND Wild Portraits. illus.  with  many reproduced  paintings  & dwgs. by author mostly  full  page text by  Peter Hansard pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson  1988 or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.216. Over 200 plates of birds and mammals by this master artist; 180 of which appear here for the first time. Fine copy.   Price: $125.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  95. HARTWIG G. The Tropical World. Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe. illus. with 8 chromoxygraphic plates and numerous woodcuts. pub. London: Longmans, Green 1881 New edition in decorated covers with all page edges gilt. pp.XIX.556.24 advts. An attractive volume in fine condition.     Price: $125.00
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  96. HILL  ROBIN Bushland And Seashore. illus. with  many  col. illus. t/out. some full page by author pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1962 or.illus.bds. 4to. pp.48. fine.      Price: $40.00
     
  97. HILL  ROBIN The Corner. A naturalist's journeys in South Eastern Australia. illus. with frontis., title-vign., and num. illus. by the author. pub. Melbourne Lansdowne 1970. Folio. Or.cl. d/w. pp.192. The south east corner of Australia is virtually an island, a triangle almost completely bordered on two sides by the Murray river and by the ocean on the other. Author spent six months illustrating and writing about the flora and fauna of the south eastern corner of Australia. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  98. HOARE MICHAEL E. The Tactless Philosopher. Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98). illus. with 13 plates and endpaper maps, appendices, bibliography, index, pub. Melbourne Hawthorn Press 1976 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.420. A naturalist he served Captain James Cook during the 2nd Voyage of Discovery (1772-75). As to his intellect there is no doubt that he was highly gifted. He was an ardent Linnaenist, ethnologist, naturalist, linguist, theologist, essayist, geologist, geographist, philologist, yet he had an obvious flaw, his colleague stated that he was a clever litigious quarrelsome fellow. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  99. HOGARTH T. W.  The Bull Terrier  illus. with 44 pages of plates mostly full page, one folding plate of kennels, pub. Manchester, Our Dogs nd. c. 1936 or. dark green limp cloth wrappers, 8vo. pp.192. Inscription inside front cover dated 1936. Browning and heavy spotting to endpapers, sl. spotting to edges. Lettering dulled to spine; else a very good copy.   Price: $150.00
     
  100. HORNER TOM   All About The Bull Terrier   illus. with twenty-nine b/w. photographs, 11 drawings, 3 appendices (books, records to keep, other info.), and index. pub. London Pelham Books 1985 second edition, or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. All you need to know about the nuts and bolts of owning, understanding, breeding, showing and judging Bull Terriers. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  101. HOSER RAYMOND T. Australian Reptiles &  Frogs.  profusely illus.  with plates & maps where found t/out.  mostly  col. pub.  Syd. Pierson & Co. 1989 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  roy.4to. pp.238.     Price: $65.00
     
  102. HOWCHIN  WALTER F.G.S. The Building Of Australia  And The Succession  Of  Life:  With  Special  Reference  to   South Australia. 3 vols. illus. with numerous text plates.  dwgs. t/out. pub. Govt. Printer S.A. 1925, 1928, 1930,  or grey  wps.  roy.8vo.  pp.Vol.I.204   Vol.II. 206 Vol.III 750,12. (Mesozoic, Cainozoic & Pleistocene and Recent) fine set.      Price: $85.00
     
  103. HOWCHIN  WALTER F.G.S. The Building Of Australia  And The Succession  Of  Life:  With  Special  Reference  to   South Australia. 2 vols. illus. with numerous text plates.  dwgs. t/out.  or grey  wps.  roy.8vo.  pp.Vol.I.204   Vol.II.204 (Mesozoic and Cainozoic) fine set.    Price: $45.00
     
  104. HUNT  R.A. A  Key To The  Identification  Of  Australian Snakes.  illus.  with one text dwg. & chart  pub.  Melb.  & reprinted from The Victorian Naturalist' nd.194-?  or.wps. 8vo. pp.16.     Price: $25.00
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  105. IDSTONE The Dog. illus. with , frontis. 12 b/w full page engravings drawn n wood from life by Geroge Earl pub. Lond. Cassell, Petter and Galpin.. 1872 1st ed. or. cl. gilt dog on front cover, gilt titles on spine, 8vo. pp.258 adverts on front and rear end-papers, inc. pictures of horse carriages. This details the correct points of dogs of every breed, looking at champion dogs and their exhibitors and breeders. A very good copy, bright and clean.    Price: $300.00
     
  106. JOHNSON DICK The Alps At The Crossroads. The Quest for  an Alpine  National  Park in Victoria. profusely  illus.  with plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Vic. National Parks Assoc. 1979 or.pict.wps. 4to. pp.208. Result of the pooled resources of The Victorian National Parks Assoc, The Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs and The save Our Bushlands Action Committee and was designed to convince the general public and the State Government of the need for a national park in Victorian alpine regions. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  107. JONES FREDERIC WOOD The Mammals Of South Australia. Parts I-III 1923-1925. profusely illus. with dwgs. & dgms. t/out. pub. Adel. Govt. Printer 1923-24-25 Handbooks of Flora & Fauna 3 vols. or. grey wps. 8vo. pp.458. v/fine.    Price: $125.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  108. JONES FREDERIC WOOD The Mammals Of South Australia. Parts I-III 1923-1925. 3 vols in 1; profusely illus. with dwgs. & dgms. t/out. pub. Adel. 1968 or. card covers with green cloth spine. 8vo. pp.458. I - The Monotremes and the Carnivorous Marsupials; II - The Bandicoots and the Herbivorous Marsupials; III - The Monodelphia. Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. v/fine facsimile of 1923 ed.'s.   Price: $45.00
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  109. KINGHORN  J.R. The Snakes Of Australia.  profusely  illus. with plates t/out. by Ethel King and the author; pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1956 2nd ed.  or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.198. Slight flecking to last few pages, short closed tear to d/w. else very good.   Price: $40.00
     
  110. KODAK Pictures From The Australian Bush. Series 1. illus. with 32 b/w photo plates throughout, title page photo of small aboriginal girl; pub. Melbourne, George Roberston & Co. nd. c. 191-? original stiff illustrated wrapper tied with wool, cr.12mo oblong pp.32. Mostly pictures of Australian animals and reptiles. Fine.   Price: $25.00
     
  111. LAIDLAW HARRY H.  Queen Rearing illus. with frontis. & 61 text- figures, b/w. plates, index; pub. Berkeley and Los Angeles University of California Press, or. light tan cl. 8vo. pp.VIII.166 History of queen rearing, the queen, the production of queen cells, queen-mating colonies, the care of queens, breeding and stock improvement, controlled mating, and the ailments of queen bees. Fine.    Price: $45.00
     
  112. LEE CHRISTOPHER  Fish For Australian Freshwater Aquariums illus. with turquoise coloured endpapers, black-and-white illustrations, line drawings and 56 pages of coloured photography of various types of freshwater fish. pub. Sydney Paul Hamlyn 1975 1st. Australian Edition or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. Fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  113. LE SOUEF A. S. & Harry Burrell with a chapter on the Bats of Australia and New Guinea by Ellis Le G. Troughton The Wild Animals Of Australasia. Embracing the Mammals of New Guinea & the Nearer Pacific Islands. illus. with frontis. of the great grey kangaroo, 105 photo plates and 8 line drawings; pub. Lond. George Harrap & Co. 1926 1st ed. or. pictorial boards with vignette of kangaroo d/w. roy.8vo. pp.388. f/free e/paper has cut corner otherwise very fine copy.   Price: $95.00
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  114. LONG JOHN Dinosaurs Of Australia and Other Animals of the Mesozoic Era. illus. with b/w. photo plates, line drawings, pub. Sydney Reed nd. c. 1994 or. illustrated, laminated boards 4to. pp.88. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  115. LORD CLIVE E. & H.H. Scott A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals Of Tasmania. illus. with frontis. plates, diagrams t/out. pub. Hobart Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 1924 or. dark blue cl. 8vo. pp.340. Gives detailed description of both marine and land vertebrates including birds. Slightly rubbed. Front free e/paper lacks lower corner, damp mark inside front board, pencil notes to rear free e/paper otherwise very good.   Price: $135.00
     
  116. LOW TIM Bush Medicine. A Pharmacopoeia of Natural Remedies. profusely  illus.  with col. plates t/out. many  full  pagepub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1990  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. roy.4to. pp.238.     Price: $60.00
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  117. LOWE WILLOUGHBY P. The Trail that is Always New illus. with b/w. photographs and drawings by H.G. Gronvold and J.P.W. Lowe, map. pub. Gurney & Jackson, London 1932 1st ed. or. dark blue cl. t.e.g. pages rough-cut; 8vo. pp.XVIII.272. Lowe spent his career as a naturalist-collector for the British Museum and tells of his world-wide adventures. From the Rockies, Philippines, South Seas to an expedition through Kenya, Uganda, and the Nile with descriptions of the Masai and a buffalo charge, on safari in East Africa and experiences with a black mamba. The Red Sea and the Blue and White Nile, West Africa, Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal, to Siam and Madagascar. Ever faithful to the British Museum, the collections in the "Bird room" have been enriched by over 10,000 specimens shot and prepared by his hand or brought home by expeditions to which he was attached as the collector. His life was cut short by an unfortunate sailing accident shortly after this book was written.     Price: $90.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  118. LUCAS A.H.S. and Mrs. Florence Perrin The Seaweeds of South Australia. Part II The Red Seaweeds. with an Introduction and Appendices by H.B.S. Womersley, B.Sc., and J.R. Harris, B.Sc. with numerous b/w. illus. pub. Adelaide 1947 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.111-457. Spine browned with old tape else v/good.   Price: $35.00
     
  119. LUNNEY  DANIEL DANIELLE AYERS Ed. by. Herpetology In Australia.  A  Diverse Discipline. illus. with  many  plates t/out. some full page and col. pub. Syd. Royal  Zoological Society  of N.S.W.  1993 or. stiff pict.  card  wps.  4to. pp.414.    Price: $70.00
     
  120. McCUBBIN CHARLES Australian Butterflies. illus. with  over 330  species  in col. (after paintings by the author). pub. Melb. Nelson  1971  or.cl.  d/w. folio pp.XXX.206. Light edgewear to dustwrapper, else fine.   Price: $80.00
     
  121. McKEEN KEITH C. Nature In Australia. illus. with  frontis. &  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1949  1st.ed. or. lt.grn. cl. 8vo. pp.XII.236.  sl.  rubbed otherwise fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  122. McKEOWN  KEITH  C. Australian Spiders.  Their Lives  and Habits.  illus.  with  frontis. & 42 plates  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1952 or.grn. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.274. Very good copy in the torn/shelf worn d/w.   Price: $30.00
     
  123. McKEOWN KEITH C. Spider Wonders Of Australia. illus. with frontis.  &  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1936 or. light green cl. 12mo. pp.XIV.270. Very good bright copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  124. McKEOWN KEITH C. Insect Wonders Of Australia. illus.  with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1935 1st. ed. or.cl.  d/w.  12mo. pp.X.252,8 advts. Fine in  the  chipped dustwrapper.   Price: $35.00
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  125. McKEOWN   KEITH Australian  Insects.   An   Introductory Handbook. illus. with dwgs., plates t/out. index pub. Syd.  Royal Zoological  Society  of  N.S.W.  1942  or.grn.cl.  roy.8vo. pp.304. very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  126. MacPHERSON  J. HOPE & C.J. Gabriel Marine  Molluscs  Of Victoria.  profusely  illus. with drawings  t/out. foreword by Charles W. Brazenor, director, National Museum of Victoria, preface an introduction by authors, bibliography, glossary and index.  pub.  Melb. M.U.P. 1962 1st.ed. or. dark blue cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.476. Descriptions and approximately 500 illustrations cover all of the common species of Victorian shells, together with their range and distribution. Very good copy.   Price: $45.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  127. MARPLES THEO The Sealyham Terrier: His Origin, History, Show Points, and Uses as a Sporting Dog. How to breed, select, rear, and prepare for exhibition. illus. with frontis., and 32 full-page plates. pub. . Manchester: "Our Dogs" 1922 or. printed limp purple cl. 8vo. pp.68 1922 faded to spine, else very good; added: 2 photos of a terrier.     Price: $100.00
     
  128. MARSHALL  A.J. (Ed.) The Great Extermination. A  guide  to Anglo-Australian  cupidity,  wickedness  and  waste.   with illus. e/papers  &  59 plates pub.  Melb.  Heinemann  1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222. Collection of essays about destruction of Australian wildlife. Dustwrapper short closed tear otherwise very good.   Price: $35.00
     
  129. MARTIN MIA Dog Heraldry - The Official Collection of Canine Coats of Arms illus. with examples t/out. pub. New York: Howell Book House, 1996 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.142. fine copy.     Price: $60.00
     
  130. MATHEWS  V.A.H. The  Cocker  Spaniel.  Standard,   Care, Showing,  Breeding.  illus. with frontis.  &  several  b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. Lond. & Melb. Oxford  Uni. Press 1950 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.224. very good copy.     Price: $40.00
     
  131. MONRO RONALD K. Australian Nature Stories. Introduction by Charles Barrett. illus. with sepia-toned and white photographs t/out. of Australian birds and animals accompany entertaining and instructive tales mainly of small ones and their parents. pub. Melbourne Robertson and Mullens, 1947 or. boards cloth to spine, d/w. 4to. pp.115. Monro was an official war photographer during WWII. Very good copy slightly chipped d/w.   Price: $25.00
     
  132. MONTAGU-HARRISON H.  "The Guvnor"   The Greyhound Trainer pub. Tipperary The Cashel Press 1970 reprint or. dark green calf, glt. ltg. to spine, 12mo. pp.248. A text book on canine nutrition, rearing, schooling, conditioning and training of greyhounds. With chapters devoted to Endo and Ecto parasites of the dog, diagnosis and treatment of minor ailments and injuries and symptoms of serious infection for treatment by qualified vets.    Price: $100.00
     
  133. MOORE J.L. The Canine King: The Working Sheep Dog.1929 ed. by Frank Russell. Cheltenham, Vic. illus. with title-vign., portr., and num. plates. pub. Melbourne, Standard Newspapers 1929. or. blue cl. glt. picture of dog on front board; 8vo. pp.XXVIII.142. fine copy.     Price: $400.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  134. MOORE RAYMOND C. Cecil, G. Lalicker & Alfred  G. Fischer Invertebrate  Fossils. illus. with figures in the text, pub.  N.Y. McGraw Hill 1952 or.cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.766. Very good copy.   Price: $70.00
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  135. MORGAN  SQUIRE E.B. Studios, Phil Ward, Noel  Burnet, and "Sun" Feature  Bureau-photographs  by.  Australian  Native Bears.  The Native Bear Of Australia. -Called  the  Koala. illus.  with photo plates t/out. pub. Melb. Valentine  Pub. Co.  nd.193-? or.col. illus. wps.  12mo.obl.  pp.unnumbered (32). fine.     Price: $35.00
     
  136. MORLEY W. S Bee-Keeping For Profit illus. with frontis. & 7 full page plates t/out. pub. London Cassell & Co 1914 or. light brown cloth, 12mo. pp.124. Very good copy.  Price: $60.00
     
  137. MORRISON  CROSBIE Along The Track. A selection  from  his Nature  Talks.  illus. with col. frontis. &  12  full  page plates  t/out. text illus. pub. Melb.  Whitcombe  &  Tombs nd.1961 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.184. fine in the torn d/w.     Price: $25.00
     
  138. MORUS RICHARD LEWINSOHN Animals Men And Myths A history of the influence of animals on civilization and culture. illus. with frontis. & b/w. illustrations and plates throughout. index, pub. London Victor Gollancz, 1954 or. dark green cl. 8vo. pp.37. Divided into 6 main parts:- Prehistory; Antiquity and the middle ages; The age of discovery; The age of ideas; The machine age & The age of chemistry. Front free e/paper cut, sl. browned to spine, sl. foxing, else v/good.   Price: $40.00
     
  139. NAPIER S. ELLIOTT On The Barrier Reef. Notes From A No-Ologist's Pocket-Book. illus. with b/w. photographic plates, maps, index pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1928 1st. ed. or. moss green cl. 8vo. pp.XII.174. Natural history articles first published in the Sydney Morning Herald. Includes chapters on the mutton-bird, crabs, turtles, shells and others. Author's observations as he travels to the Barrier Reef & the islands off the Queensland coast. Very good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  140. NAYLOR LEONARD E.    The Irish Setter.  Its History, Temperament and Training. illus. with frontis. by Cecil Aldin & tissue-guard, and 3 full-page plates; pub. Lond. H.F. & G. Witherby 1932 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.132. With a little foxing t/out. and pencil underlining on a few pages, short closed tear to d/w. else very good copy.     Price: $100.00
     
  141. NEWMAN PETER     The Miniature Schnauzer Club profusely illustrated  with plates t/out. some full page;  pub. England 1984 or. blue stiff wrappers, 8vo. pp.236. A very fine copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  142. NIALL IAN Portrait Of A Country Artist C.F. Tunnicliffe RA. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Lond. Gollancz 1980 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160.     Price: $50.00
     
  143. NICHOLAS ANNA K.   The Book of the Miniature Schnauzer profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page and colour pub. U.S.A.: Tfh Pub Inc, 1986 or. laminated boards, 4to. pp.368. very slight wear marks else almost fine.    Price: $50.00
     
  144. OVINGTON  DERRICK Australian Endangered Species.  Mammals, Birds and Reptiles. illus. with 53 full page col. plates, 45  dwgs.  & 8 plates by various artists, black and white and coloured photography, maps, chronology, tables, graphs, bibliography, index. pub. Melb. Cassell 1978  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.184. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
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  145. PENDER W.S.    Australasian Queen Rearing illus. with photo plate, tables, 30 figures; pub. West Maitland N.S.W. Pender Bros.Pty.Ltd. 1926 this second edition is revised by G. James. or. grey/green wrappers 8vo. pp.60. sl. faded to wrappers else fine.     Price: $45.00
     
  146. PHILLIPS W. J. and Buttles and Keefe The Modern Airedale illus. text with plates t/out. 1921. pub. U.S.A. C. W. Buttles 1921 or. maroon wrappers, 12mo. pp.160. Written by Philips of England and added to it are instructions and illustrations for Sripping the Airedale by America's C. W. Buttles and an article of Training the Airedale for Big Game Hunting by James Keefe. There is also a Kennel Directory and Announcements of leading American Airedale Breeders. 150 pages. Good copy.     Price: $200.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  147. POOLEY BEATRICE "Millefleurs" (A thousand flowers) And How to  Use Them. (Floral Art). illus.  with  numerous  plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. Speciality Press  1954  1st.ed.  or.cl. 4to.obl. pp.118. bds. sl. rubbed.     Price: $35.00
     
  148. POPE  E.C.  & P.M. McDONALD Exploring  Between Tidemarks. illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Syd. Aust. Museum 1968 or.grn.illus.wps. 4to. pp.48. fine.    Price: $15.00
     
  149. PRATT AMBROSE The Call Of The Koala. with illus.  e/papers  frontis. & 17 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Robertson &  Mullens 1937 or. green cl. 8vo. pp.120. 19 chapters dealing with every phase of the Koala: Classification, Genesis, Anatomy, Food Trees, Psychology: also the benefits conferred upon mankind by the study of the Koala. sl.  flecked  otherwise v/good copy.   Price: $30.00
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  150. RATCLIFFE  FRANCIS   Flying  Fox  And  Drifting  Sand.  The adventures  of  a biologist in Australia. With an intoduction by Julian Huxley.  illus.  with  16 plates pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1951 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.332. Classic account of travel/natural history, originally published in England in 1938. The adventures of Francis Ratcliffe biologist and naturalist in Australia. His work with bats and soil erosion. Very good in the slightly worn d/w.   Price: $30.00
     
  151. RAUP  DAVID  M. STEVEN  M.  STANLEY Principles  Of Paleontology.  profusely illus. with dwgs., plates,  dgms., t/out. pub. U.S.A. W.H. Freeman & Co. 1971 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy. 8vo. pp.X.388. Contents: Part I: Description and Classification of Fossils. 1 Preservation and the Fossil Record. 2 Describing a Single Specimen. 3 Ontogenetic Variation. 4 The Population as a Unit. 5 The Species as a Unit. 6 Grouping of Species into Higher Categories. 7 Identification of Fossils. Part II: The Uses of Paleontologic Data. 8 Adaptation and Functional Morphology. 9 Biostratigraphy. 10 Paleoecology. 11 Evolution and the Fossil Record. 12 Biography, Bibliography. Slight shelf wear, otherwise near fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  152. RAYMENT TARLTON Money In Bees In Australasia. A practical treatise on the profitable management of the Honey Bee in Australasia. illus. with frontis. & several text plates dgms. t/out. one col. pub. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs nd.192? or. cream blue illus. boards 8vo. pp.XVI.280. Child's crayon scribble to rear e/papers, lacks front free e/paper, frontispiece slightly frayed, spine short closed tear top edge, otherwise very good.   Price: $90.00
     
  153. RAYMENT TARLTON    Profitable Honey Plants Of Australasia illus. with b/w. and line illustrations; pub. Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs Pty. Ltd. c. 1940's. 1st.ed. or. decorated cloth d/w. 8vo pp.132 "A Handbook, the first of its kind, on Australasian plants that fill the treasury of the Bee-Hive, and render possible the financial success of the modern Bee-Farm." Very fine copy.    Price: $150.00
     
  154. RIDE  W.D.L. A Guide To The Native Mammals  Of  Australia. with  e/paper  maps & 62 b/w. full page drawings by Ella  Fry  pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1980 or.cl. d/w. 4to.  pp.XIV.250. Written by a zoologist who, as a mammologist of many years' experience, and as a policy-maker in conservation, has tried to find out what we have to know before we can attempt to answer specific questions about the preservation of certain species.  Very good copy.   Price: $40.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  155. RIPPINGALE  O.H. & D.F. McMICHAEL  Queensland  And  Great Barrier  Reef  Shells. with illus. e/papers & 29  full  page col.  plates  t/out.  with dwgs. by  O.H.  Rippingale  pub. Brisb.  Jacaranda  Press  1961  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.210. fine.    Price: $75.00
     
  156. ROGERS KEITH C. Across Mountain And Plain. Writings of  an East Gippsland Field Naturalist. illus. with 4 text  plates &  map pub. Vic. Bairnsdale Field Naturalists  Club.  1980 or.wps. 8vo. pp.84.    Price: $20.00
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  157. ROLLS ERIC C. They All Ran Wild. The enthralling story  of pests on the land in Australia. illus. with 21  full  page plates  t/out.  & folding map pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1969  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.444.  f/free  e/paper cut, otherwise fine, d/w. faded to spine.       Price: $95.00
     
  158. ROSS   CHARLES  A. Crocodiles  And   Alligators. Illustrated encyclopedic survey by International  experts. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page &  col. pub. Syd. Golden Press 1989 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.240. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  159. ROSS ESTELLE   The Book Of Noble Dogs with frontis. & 16 illustrations, biographical notes, bibliography. pub. London Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1924 or. grey cl. 12mo. pp.290 Dogs-Myth And Legends. Previous owner's inscription on front free e/paper, else very good.    Price: $50.00
     
  160. ROUGHLEY  T.C. Wonders Of The Great Barrier  Reef.  illus. with  e/paper maps col. frontis. & 51 col. photo plates  by the  author  pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1956  or.cl.  d/w. roy.8vo. pp.280. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
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  161. ROUGHLEY T.C. The Goldfish In The Home. Technical Bulletin No.18. illus. with 10 plates t/out. pub. Syd. Technological Museum 1932  or.crm. & grn. wps. cr.  4to.  pp.26.  v/good copy.    Price: $25.00
     
  162. ROWE  R.K.  Report. A Study Of The Land In  The  Victorian Catchment  Of Lake Hume. illus. with fold-out dgms.  plates t/out.  col. folding map in pocket at rear pub. Melb.  Soil Conservation Authority 1967 or. grey cl. 4to. pp.220.      Price: $75.00
     
  163. ROWE R.K. Report. A Study Of The Land In The Mount  BuffaloNational  Park.  illus. with fold-out dgms.  plates  t/out. col.  folding chart in pocket at rear pub. Melb. Soil  Conservation Authority 1970 or. grey cl. 4to. pp.92.      Price: $45.00
     
  164. SANBORN HERBERT  -  The Dachshund Or Teckel    illus. with 239 b/w. illus. pub. New York Orange Judd Publishing Company 1955 or. grey cl. 8vo. pp.464 A Complete Treatise on the History, Management, Breeding, Training, Care, Showing and Judging with Chapters on Diseases and their Treatment. Very good copy.     Price: $55.00
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  165. SHINE RICHARD Australian  Snakes.  A  Natural   History. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. mostly col. pub.  Syd. Reed 1991 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.224.     Price: $50.00
     
  166. SLATER DOROTHY The Book On Pekingese illus. with black and White plates t/out. pub. UK Dorothy Slater 1959 13th ed. or. stiff card wrappers, 8vo. pp.124. The acknowledged standard work, the authentic history of the breed from 1860-1900 and from 1900 to the present day (founded on facts): their care, breeding & rearing in detail. Originally written by Queenie Verity-Steele. Fine in the torn d/w.    Price: $40.00
     
  167. SMITH CROXTON A. Dogs Since 1900. illus. with frontis. & 62 full page plates t/out. reports on new breeds, dog shows, field trials, working dogs, detailed report of the dog in Britain in the first half of the 20th century. pub. Lond. Andrew Dakers Ltd. 1950 1st ed. or. red cl. 8vo. pp.342. lower corners dulled else very good copy.     Price: $60.00
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  168. SMITH MEREDITH J. Illustrations by ROSEMARY WOODFORD  GANF Marsupials  Of Australia. Vol.1. Possums, the  Koala  and Wombats.  illus.  with 28 full page col. dwgs.  pub. Melb. Lansdowne Editions 1980 1st.ed. or. beige cl. clf. inserted into  front cl. and embossed with image of possum,  cf.  to spine, glt.ltg. folio, pp.202. A limited edition  of  1000 copies  numbered and  signed by  the  artist,  this  being No.360, signed by both artist and writer.     Price: $750.00
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  169. SNELGROVE LOUIS EDWARD   Queen Rearing illus. with 35 full page plates t/out. index, . biblio pub. Bleadon, Somerset: privately printed by Miss I. Snelgrove, 1949 2nd ed. blk. pebbly cloth with titles in gold, gold bee, 8vo pp.XIV.15-344 very good copy.    Price: $125.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  170. SPARKS  JOHN TONY SOPER Penguins. illus. with 16  full page plates t/out. many text dwgs. sources, appendix, index; by Robert Gillmor  pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.264. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  171. STAHEL C. and R. GALES  Little Penguin. Fairy Penguins in Australia. illus. with photo plates and graphs, title-page and diagrams, drawings t/out. by Jane Burrell. pub. Sydney NSW University Press 1991 or. stiff wrappers, cr.4to. pp.120. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  172. STANBURY PETER & Graeme Phipps Australia's Animals Discovered. illus. with e/paper maps, and profusely illus. with text plates t/out. some col. pub. Sydney, Pergamon Press 1980 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.120.     Price: $40.00
     
  173. STRAHAN RONALD Ed. by. The Australian Museum. Complete Book Of  Australian Mammals. The National Photographic Index of Australian  Wildlife. profusely illus. with  plates  t/out. many full page & col. & maps of location. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XX.530.  Closed tear to d/w. else near fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  174. STRAHAN RONALD (editor) The Mammals Of Australia. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. illus. with illustrated with colour photographs t/out. pub. Sydney, Chatswood, N.S.W. Reed Books, 1995 Revised Edition. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.756 Provides an account of every species of native mammal known to have existed in Australia since European settlement & every introduced species now living in a wild state. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  175. STEVENS  CHRISTINE Tin Mosques & Ghantowns. A  History of Afghan  Camel Drivers in Australia. profusely  illus.  with plates t/out.  8 full page & col. pub. Melb.  Oxford  Uni. Press 1989 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  4to.  pp.XII.372. Dustwrapper little wrinkled and shelf edge-wear else fine.   Price: $95.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
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  176. STRINGER  COL The Saga Of Sweetheart. The frightening  but true  story of the giant rogue crocodile who attacked  over 15 boats on  a N.T. river during  the  1970's.  profusely illus.  with plates t/out. many full page & col.  line  and col.  dwgs.  by  Jacko. pub. Darwin  Adventure  Pub.  1986 or.col. illus. bds. cr.4to. pp.96. Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  177. TARONGA PARK ZOO  Official Illustrated Guide to  Taronga Park Zoo and Aquarium Profusely illustrated from photographs. Map, (front wrapper picture by Ted Scorfield, back wrapper picture by S. Radecki) pub. Sydney: T.H. Tennant, Government Printer, NSW: n.d. c. 1950’s Stapled soft bound in grey/brown, pictorial wrappers, 16mo pp.84. Cover price of 1 shilling. Head and foot of spine sl. chipped else Very good.    Price: $25.00
     
  178. "TE  WHARE" A  Bush Cinema. Made in  Australia.  Nature stories. illus. with 48 plates pub. Sydney Carter's Printing Works 1922 or.illus.bds. cr.8vo. pp.96. A compilation of natural history articles, several on reptiles, that were previously published in The Bulletin, Syndey Mail, Smith's Weekly, and Sunday Times. Near fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  179.  THE ANIMAL BOOK  of the Zoo, South Perth.   illus. with 60 col plates, single-sided, pub. np np nd c.1940’s or stiff grey/blue pictorial wrappers 4to. pp. (pp. unpaginated approx. 114) Collection of illustrations of the zoos animals (painter unknown). Almost fine copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  180. THOMSON  DONALD Mammals And Fishes Of Northern Australia. Ed.  and  annotated  by  Joan M.  Dixon  and  Linda  Huxley profusely  illus. with b/w. plates, maps t/out. pub.  Melb.  1985 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XII.210. Fine.  Price: $65.00
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  181. TILLYARD  R.J. The Insects Of Australia And  New  Zealand. illus. with frontis. & 8 colour plates 36 b/w. plates numerous figures; t/out.  numerous text  illus.  pub.  Syd.  Angus  &  Robertson  1926  or.cl. roy.8vo. pp.XII.560. Lacks front free e/paper else very good, Price: $250.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  182. TRIGGS BARBARA    The Wombat. Common Wombats in Australia illus. with b/w. sketches and photographs (some col.), Refs., Appendices, Index. pub. Kensington, New South Wales University Press, 1988 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 4to. pp.148. Signed by author. Fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  183. TROUGHTON  ELLIS Furred Animals Of Australia. illus.  with 170 reproduced dwgs. in col. by Neville W. Cayley (25 full page plates) pub.  Syd. Angus & Robertson 1957 A revised edition on Australian furred wildlife first published in 1941 or.grn.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XXX.376.  Closed tear to d/w. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $40.00
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  184. TYLER MICHAEL J. Frogs. with e/paper illus. & 20 full page plates  t/out. text dwgs. pub. Syd. & Lond.  Collins  1976 1st.ed.  (The Australian Naturalist Library).  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.256. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  185. TYLER MICHAEL J.   Australian Frogs: A Natural History profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. index, appendix, bibliog, maps, pub. Sydney Reed 1994 2nd ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. 192. Fine copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  186. UNDERHILL DAVID Principal editorial consultant Struan K. Sutherland.   Australia's Dangerous Creatures. illus. with several distribution maps, endpaper illust. & hundreds of other coloured & b/w. illustrations (some double & full-page), index of scientific names & general index; pub. Sydney Reader's Digest; 1987 1st. ed. ; original pictorial boards d/w. 4to. pp.368; How to understand, identify, avoid & survive these creatures & including a section on first aid in emergencies. A Fine copy.    Price: $55.00
     
  187. VERCO JOESPH (Ed. by B.C. Cotton) Combing The Southern  Seas. illus. with frontis. & 18 plates some col. pub. Adel.  1935 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.174. with 24 pages appendix: 20 page catalogue and index of marine mollusca of South Australia. An account of dredging for marine molluscs and their shells in the Indian Ocean south of Australia, between 1890 and 1912. Near fine copy.   Price: $100.00 
     
  188. VICKERS-RICH P. & J.M. Monaghan, R.F.Baird, T.H.Rich    Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australasia profusely illus. with b/w. plates, drawings, diagrams, graphs, t/out. some full page; pub. Melbourne Pioneer Design Studio, 1991 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.1438, thick. The essential reference on the fossil vertebrates of Australia and the Pacific islands. Very fine copy.    Price: $375.00
     
  189. WATERHOUSE G.A. & LYELL G.   The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. Introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the Butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. illus. with a map, 39 plain and 4 coloured plates of 888 figures. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1914 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VI.239,22 Standard work on Australian lepidoptera. Very sl. rubbed but almost fine copy.     Price: $500.00
     
  190. WATSON J.A.L. G. Theischinger H.M. Abbey. The Australian Dragonflies. A guide to their Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. profusely illus. with plates, dwgs. t/out. 22 full page & col. pub. Canberra & Melb. CSIRO 1991 or.col. illus.bds. cr.4to. pp.VIII.278.      Price: $275.00
     
  191. WEIGEL JOHN Care of Australian Reptiles in Captivity illus. with colour photographs, text illustrations. pub. Sydney, Reptile Keepers Association, 1989 or. card wrappers, (paperback), cr.8vo. pp.144 Covers all aspects of husbandry including legal considerations, housing, breeding, health, and feeding. Also includes a section on the safe maintenance of venomous snakes, and specific information on the keeping of 40 highly varied species. Fine.    Price: $25.00
     
  192. WENDT HERBERT Before  The  Deluge.   The   Story   of Palaeontology.  Translated from the German by  Richard  and Clara Winston. illus. with 38 full page plates t/out.  text dgms. & maps pub. Lond. Victor Gollancz 1968  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.410. fine.      Price: $30.00
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  193. WHEELWRIGHT H.W. Foreword by A.H. Chisholm. Bush Wanderings Of  A Naturalist. Or Notes on the Field Sports and Fauna of Australia Felix. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press  first  pub. 1861  this  facsimile  ed. 1979  or.  mbld.cl.  d/w.  12mo. pp.XV.270. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  194. WHITE ELINOR Lessor Lives. Booklet written by a member  of The  Queensland  Society for the Prevention of  Cruelty  to Animals. pub. Brisb. 1937 or.illus.wps. 12mo. pp.160. fine.    Price: $45.00
     
  195. WHITNEY LEON F.    How To Breed Dogs  illus. with many b/w. text plates t/out. pub. New York: Orange Judd, 1947 or. brown cl. gilt. ltg. to spine, 8vo. pp. XVIII.418. Almost fine copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  196. WILKIE A. A. W. and Mrs. A. R. Osborn. Almost Human. Reminiscences From The Melbourne Zoo. Told by Wilkie and written by Mrs. Osborn illus. with b/w. photos some full page; pub. Melbourne Whitcombe and Tombs c.1920s or.cl. 4to. pp.236. Interesting animal stories from the Melbourne Zoo. A little light foxing else very good.   Price: $75.00       Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  197. WILSON B.R. K. GILLETT Australian Shells.  Illustrating and  describing  600  species  of  Marine  Gastropods  from Australian  Waters mostly with col. plates many  full  page pub. Syd. Reed 1971 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.168. Fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  198. WILSON B.R. K. GILLETT Australian Shells.  Illustrating and  describing  600  species  of  Marine  Gastropods  from Australian  Waters mostly with col. plates many  full  page pub. Syd. Reed 1980 revised ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.168. Fine.   Price: $55.00
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  199. WODZICKI K.A. Introduced Mammals Of New Zealand. An Ecological and Economic Survey. illus. with 16 full page plates throughout, maps, diagrams tables, one folding at rear; pub. N.Z. Wellington Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin No.98 1950 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.X..256. Chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  200. WORRELL  ERIC Reptiles Of Australia. Crocodiles, Turtles, Tortoises, Lizards, Snakes. illus. with over 300 plates pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1966 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XVI.208. Light edgewear, else fine.     Price: $70.00
     
  201. WORRELL  ERIC Reptiles Of Australia.  Crocodiles, Turtles, Tortoises, Lizards, Snakes. Describing all Australian species, their appearance, their beauty, their haunts, their habits.  illus. with over 300 plates pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1966 or. green cl. roy.8vo. pp.XVI.208. sl. rubbed, good copy.   Price: $35.00
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  202. YOUNG LYNETTE The Melody Lingers On. Biography of Tarlton Rayment. illus. with portrait frontispiece, 3 full page plates, 1 diagram, includes bibliography of Tarlton Rayment, pub. Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1967 1st.ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.VI.124. Rayment was a specialist in hymenoptera (four winged insects), particularly bees, and a nature lover. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  203. YONGE C.M. A Year On The Great Barrier Reef. The story of corals & of the greatest of their creations. illus. with 69 plates 17 dgms. 6 maps one col. & folding pub. Lond. Putnam 1931  or.orng.cl. roy.8vo. pp.XXII.246. C. M. Yonge was a leading authority on the physiology and morphology of marine animals, especially corals, molluscs and crustaceans, and one of the most distinguished British zoologists of the previous century. This book arose out of the 1928-29 Great Barrier Reef Expedition which he led, and chronicles a significant episode in the history of Australian marine biology. Slightly faded to  spine, gilt lettering little faded otherwise v/good.   Price: $65.00  Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  204. YOUNGER  R.M. Kangaroo. Images Through the  Ages.  illus. with  plates, dwgs. t/out. some col. tinted end-papers, pub. Melb.  Hutchinson 1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.248. Traces Kangaroo imagery from the earliest aboriginal paintings to today where it is a national symbol used in cartoons, coins, stamps and advertising fine.   Price: $50.00
   
   
 
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